Islamic parties prepare for 2009 election
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As Indonesia prepares to go to the polls in 2009, the popularity of the nation's Islamic parties appears to be declining. Islamic organisations say voters are more concerned about the economy, health and education, than religion and values.
Presenter: Christine Webster
Sunny Tanuwidjaja, from the Politics and Social Change Department at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta; Luthfi Assyaukanie, coordinator of the Liberal Islam Network based in Jakarta; Yusuf Kalla, Indonesian vice president; Greg Fealy, Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Indonesian politics at the Australian National University's College of Asia Pacific in Canberra; Professor Chammamah Soeratno Siti, the head of Muhammadiyah's Central Board of Aisyiah; Abdurrahman Wahid, former president and chairman of the Islamic National Awakening Party or PKB; Zafrullah Ahmad Pontoh, a missionary with Ahmadiyah
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